Reuters The flight touched down around a third of the way down the runway without its landing gear down A pre-flight inspection of a Jeju Air passenger plane hours before it crashed in South Korea, killing 179 people, found “no issues”, the airline has said. “Nothing abnormal was noted with the landing gear,” the airline’s…
Sana Ahmed al-Sharaa (centre) and the leaders of Syria’s new ‘joint force’ Syria’s new leaders are reported to have given some foreign Islamist fighters senior official posts in the country’s armed forces. The army is being re-organised by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) – the Islamist group that is now effectively in charge of the country…
On Monday, the Grover Beach Police Department in California released dramatic body camera footage of a man being rescued from inside a burning trailer. The cause of the fire was determined to be from a portable propane heater. Grover Beach officers were able to prevent the fire from spreading. The man was transported to hospital…
Ahead of the New Year holiday, I’ve been asking Russians about their hopes for 2025. From their replies it’s clear that people here want an end to the fighting. But how will the war end? And when? No one’s certain. The other major concern for Russians is the economy. Prices have been rising fast. And…
BBC On Christmas Eve, an autonomous spacecraft flew past the Sun, closer than any human-made object before it. Swooping through the atmosphere, Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe was on a mission to discover more about the Sun, including how it affects space weather at Earth. This was a landmark moment for humanity – but one without…
A Seoul court has issued an arrest warrant against South Korea’s suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol over his attempt to impose martial law on 3 December. The warrant comes after Yoon, who is being investigated for abusing his power and inciting an insurrection, ignored three summonses to appear for questioning over the past two weeks….
A fund created by the US government to help compensate victims of the late fraudster Bernard Madoff has begun making its final round of payments, according to a statement by the Department of Justice (DoJ). The payouts being made by the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) are worth $131.4m (£104.6m) and will bring the total amount…
A Chinese state-sponsored hacker broke into the US Treasury Department’s systems earlier this month and was able to access employee workstations and some unclassified documents, American officials said on Monday. The Treasury Department deemed the breach a “major incident” after disclosing it via a letter notifying lawmakers to the incident. The US agency said it…
Guantanamo Bay inmate Ridah Bin Saleh al-Yazidi has been repatriated to Tunisia, the US Department of Defense says. He was found eligible for transfer from the detention facility after a “rigorous interagency review process”, a press statement said. The Pentagon did not say if Mr Yazidi had accepted any guilt. Since 2002, the Guantanamo Bay…
Reuters Jolie and Pitt pictured together at the premiere of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button in 2009 Hollywood stars Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have reached a divorce settlement after eight years, her lawyer has told media. There was no immediate comment from Mr Pitt’s attorney when they were approached for comment, the Associated…
